Persephone Abbott

Persephone Abbott is the daughter of Keith Abbott. She edited and republished her father’s comic novel Mordecai of Monterey and supports her father’s work through a website at www.keithkumasenabbott.com

Keith Abbott taught at Naropa University, US, and was the author of several books, including Downstream From Trout Fishing From America: a memoir of Richard Brautigan (Capra Press, 1989; Revised edition: Astrophil Press, 2009), the novel Mordecai of Monterey (City Miner, 1985) and collections of stories, Harum Scarum (Coffee House, 1984) and The First Thing Coming (Coffee House, 1987). He contributed to many anthologies such as The Beats and Philosophy (University of Kentucky Press), Richard Brautigan Essays on the Writing and Life (MacFarland Press, 2006) and Beat Generation (Communa di Cesena, 1994).